Prognostic significance of preoperative CT findings in patients with advanced gastric cancer who underwent curative gastrectomy

Chae Jung Park, Nieun Seo, Woo Jin Hyung, Woong Sub Koom, Hyo Song Kim, Myeong-Jin Kim and Joon Seok Lim

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-14

Abstract: Background: Preoperative therapy has gained wide interest in advanced gastric cancer patients due to its potential advantages of improved disease control. Selection of high risk patients based on preoperative staging is crucial to choose the candidates for neoadjuvant therapy. Methods: Our institutional review board approved this retrospective study and waived the requirement for patient consent. We searched 394 advanced gastric cancer patients (pT2-4) who underwent curative resection in 2010 without neoadjuvant therapies. Two abdominal radiologists independently reviewed the preoperative CT including tumor depth on CT (CT-tumor depth), which was categorized as follows: intramural, minimal extramural(

Date: 2018
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